Job satisfaction and challenges of working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic: A study in a Swedish academic setting.
BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic changed the academic world in various ways, and most universities are still closed and continue operating via teleworking. OBJECTIVE: This study is intended to investigate how university faculty/staff and students in Sweden have coped with the lockdown and working/s...
| Publicado en: | Work Vol. 71; no. 2; pp. 357 - 371 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
2022
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